Lock tag



May 6 1924. 11,42,552

I M. B. BEHRMAN LOCK TAG Filed July 19. 1920 L07; 5/25 1-07; s/ZE P/P/CE PRICE L071 SI E xvo.

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GUS B. BEHRMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE LOX SEAL CORPORA- TION, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LOCK TAG.

Application filed July 19, 1920. Serial No. 397,443.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS B. BEHRMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Look Tags, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to means for correcting, so far as may be possible, the too common practice of certain persons having garments sent home from a store on approval and after wearing the garments, returning the same to the store for credit or exchange. It has been discovered that some persons have had garments sent home on approval without any intention of purchasing the same and that after wearing the garments for some occasion, have returned the same to the store.

My invention provides an identifying tag to be conspicuously borne by garments or the like, including hats, showing that the same are out on approval and have not been paid for, and this tag, in accordance with my invention, is secured to the garment insuch manner that it cannot, without mutilation, be removed therefrom. The tag will be applied to the garment in such conspicuous position as to deter the wearing of the gar ment in public while the tag is thereon.

My invention comprises, 1n one embodiment thereof, a tag displaying suitable data and having a hinged flap bearing an adhesive coating on one side and a. pm of "ordinary typ by means of which the tag ma be pinned to a garment or fabric and whic pin when applied is secured against removal by the folding of said flap over the head of the pin and the securing of the flap in such position by adhesion to the body of the tag, the pin being thus rendered non-removable and the tag non-detachable from the garment without. mutilation of the tag, pin or garment. Garments returned with the tag removed or mutilated will not be received for credit or exchange.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 i a .front elevation of the tag in its initial condition ready to be applied to a garment or piece of fabric by an ordinary p Fig. 2 is a like view of the tag shown as pinned to the garment or piece of fabric but not secured thereto against detachment therefrom;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the tag in its final secured condition, the hinged flap or section having been folded down against and secured by adhesive to the body of the tag and concealing the head of the pin; the fingers or tongues at the edge of the hinged section are shown as having been folded against and secured by adhesive to the back of the body of the tag to aid in holding said section securely in position over the head of the pin;

Fig. 4 is a back view of the tag, with a portion of the fabric shown as caught on the pin, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the dotted line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings 10 designates, diagrammatically, a part of a garment or a piece of material, 11 the merchandise tag and 12 a wire pin of ordinary formation pointed at one end, as usual, and having a head 13 on its other end. One purpose of the present invention is to provide an identifying means which will admit of the employment therewith or as a part thereof of a pin of ordinary type, pins of this character being readily obtainable, comparatively inexpensive and capable of ready application to use.

The tag 11 will preferably be formed of stiff paper stock, linen or other suitable material of durable character and will ordinarily be oblong in general form or of a shape and size suited to its purposes and the character of the garment to which it is to be applied.

The tag 11 has a bodv portion "14 and a hinged flap or section 15 integral with one end thereof and bearing on one face a coating 16 of a substance capable of being rendered adhesive by the application thereto of moisture. The fiap- 15 will also preferably have foldableprojections or fingers 17 on its opposite side edges bearing on one face an adhesive substance 18, said fingers bein capable of being folded over against an caused to adhere to the back of the body of the tag after the flap 15 has been folded down and secured to the face of said body. The duty of the projections or fingers 17 is to aid in holding down the flap 15'over the head of the pin and to resist any efforts which might be made to loosen the flap from the body of the ta and raise said flap to expose the head of t e pin.

The body 14 of the tag 11 will by preference be formed with three pin holes or perforations 19, 20, 21, respectively, to receive the pin 12 when pinning the tag to a garment, the point of the pin first being passed through the hole 19 and the fabric of the garment, then returned through the said fabric and the hole 20 and then back through the hole 21, the point of the pin thus being protected behind the tag and a portion of the fabric being securely caught on the pin and held against the tag between the holes 19, 20.

After the tag has been pinned to the garment in the manner described, the pin 12 should be secured a ainst withdrawal and this result I accomplish by moistening the adhesive substance on the flap 15 and fingers 17 and folding said flap down upon the body of the tag and over the head of the pin and also over the pin-hole 19 and by folding the fingers 17 around the edge of said body and against the back thereof. pressure being applied to effect a firm adhesion of said flap and fingers to the body of the tag. After the tag has been thus secured to the garment, it cannot be removed therefrom without mutilating the tag, pin or garment and this i a purpose I seek to accomplish. When it is desired to remove the tag for a proper purpose, the tag may be torn or otherwise treated to expose the head of the pin 12, and thereupon the pin may be withdrawn and the tag detached.

My invention provides a comparatively simple and inexpensive means for tagging garments and fabrics in such manner that the tag must remain on thesame until the proper time for the removal of the tag there from.

It is not in every instance necessary that the tag should initially be provided with the perforations 19, 20, 21, since these perforations may be formed by the application of the pin to operative position, but when said perforations are provided in the tag during its manufacture, they serve as a guide for applying the pin and so locating the head of the pin that the same will always be in a correct position to be concealed by the flap 15.

The tag 11 may be modified in shape and proportions and in the data to be placed thereon without departure from my invention.

I may also provide the adhesive coating on the body of the tag instead of on the flap 15 or on both said body and said flap.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A lock-tag of the character described for use on the fabric of a garment or the like, comprising a tag applied against said and back faces of the bod fabric and a sharp pointed pin having a head at one end pinning said fabric against the back face of said tag by being passed through said tag and fabric, starting from the front face of the tag, at a plurality of points, said tag presenting a solid surface against the back of the head of the pin and having an upper foldable section adjacent to said head of the pin to be folded over the front of said head and secured against the face of the body of the tag, surrounding said head by an adhesive which anchors said head against said solid surface of the tag, thereby securing and concealing said head and securing the pin against displacement.

2. A lock-tag of the character described for use on the fabric of a garment or the like, comprising a tag applied against said fabric and a sharp pointed pin having a head at one end pinning said fabric against the back face of said tag by being passed through said tag and fabric, starting from the front face of the tag, at a plurality of points, said tag presenting a solid surface against the back of the head of the pin and having integrally therewith a foldable section folded over against the front of the pin-head and secured against the body of the tag by an adhesive covering one face of said section, and engaging and enveloping said pin head thereby securing and concealing said head and securing the pin against displacement.

3. A lock-tag of the character described for use on the fabric of a garment or the like, comprising a tag applied against said fabric and a sharp-pointed headed pin pinning said fabric against one face of said tag by being passed through said tag and fabric starting from the front face of the tag, at a plurality of points, said tag presenting a solid surface against the back of the head of the pin and having a section' applied over the front of the pin-head and having fingers folded around against the back of the body of the tag, and said section and fingers being provided with an adhesive for securing the same to the front of the tag, and completely enveloping sai pin head, thereby securing and concealing the head of the pin and securing the pin against displacement.

4. A lock-tag of the character described for use on the fabric of a garment or the like, comprising a tag applied against said fabric and having in its body portion a series of three aligned pin-holes, the upper pin-hole being adjacent one end of said body portion and comparatively widely spaced from the intermediate pin-hole and the lower pin-hole being reasonably close to said intermediate pin-hole, and a sharp-pointed headed pin pinning said fabric against the back face of said tag by being passed 1 through said intermed through said tag and fabric atsaid holes, the point of the pin being first passed inwardly through said upper hole and the fabric, then outwardlv from the fabric and iate pin-hole and then inwardly through the lower pin-hole. said tag presenting a solid surface against the back of the head of the pin and having a section applied over the front of the pin- 10 head and the pin-hole adjacent thereto and secured against the face of the tag by an adhesive. which anchors said pin head against said solid surface of said tag, thereby securing and concealing the head of the pin and securing the pin against displacement.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 16th day of July, A. D. 1920.

MARCUS B. BEMAN. 

